Captain Canuck
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Captain Canuck is a superhero, one of comic books’ most popular Canadian-owned heroes. Created by writer Ron Leishman and artist/co-writer Richard Comely, the original Captain Canuck first appeared in Captain Canuck #1 (July 1975).
Three characters have worn the maple leafed costume of Captain Canuck, each of them Canadian government agents. Described as a cross between Captain America and Flash Gordon, Captain Canuck patrols Canada in the (then) futuristic world of 1993, where "Canada had become the most powerful country in the world."
Like most independent comics, Captain Canuck's adventures have been published sporadically. However, he has built-up a strong cult following among both Canadian and United States collectors.
Captain Canuck is sometimes confused with John Byrne's character, Guardian, the leader of Alpha Flight, whom he created for Marvel Comics in the 1980s. Both characters have very similar costumes, and of course, both are Canadian as is Byrne.
[edit] Fictional character biography
Canuck's first appearance was in 1975, published by Comely Comix of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The story followed Tom Evans, a Canadian secret agent who gained superhuman strength from contact with extraterrestrials. This first version of the Canadian superhero ran 14 issues, ending in 1981, and was drawn mostly by George Freeman taking over from Richard Comely.
Since the original there have been two newer incarnations of the Canadian icon: Richard Comely launched a second version in 1993, under the banner of Semple Comics. Captain Canuck: Reborn featured a new Captain Canuck, Darren Oak, who fought a global conspiracy. This title lasted only 4 issues and was drawn by Richard Comely, Leonard Kirk and Sandy Carruthers with inks by Eric Theriault. That incarnation continued as a newspaper comic strip for a short while.
A third incarnation, edited by Comely but written and drawn by brothers Riel Langlois and Drue Langlois, appeared in 2004, entitled Captain Canuck: Unholy War. Yet another man, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable David Semple, dons the guise of Captain Canuck to take on a biker gang called the Unholy Avengers. Unholy War was slated as a three-issue series, the third and final installment published in January 2005.
A new Captain Canuck miniseries began in the fall of 2006. Entitled Captain Canuck Legacy, the series contained two continued stories: one detailed the efforts of the second Captain Canuck trying to prevent illegal weapons from reaching Canada, whilst the second chronicled the continued adventures of the third Captain Canuck.[1] [1]
